Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-07-08
West Virginia Notes.

Rev. r. A. Cobbs, rector of st. Johns
Episcopal Church. at Charleston, died
last week, aged 63 years.
The State Board of Health will con-
vene at Charleston on the 1lth of July,
and be in session two days.
NJ I'D. II. Estell, an old resident Of
Charleston and an Odd Fellow of prom
inence in this State, died on Thursday
last, aged y years.
Judge Matthew Edmiston. for many
years ii Circuit Judge, and for short
lime member of the Supreme Court Of
Appeals of this State, died at his home
in Weston last week.
The Board of Regents of the State
University ut Morgantown have pur-
chased, at a cost Of 81 ,250, three meadow
lots opposite the University, that will
be used for drill and recreation pur-
poses.
a Wood county man, while digging
post holes near Parkersburg recently,
dug up pot containing large sum of
money in gold and silver. The finder
would not tell the amount he discover
ed, but lie has since bought farm and
paid for it. 1t is supposed the money
was buried during the war by some SOL
diers.
The State = edical Association of West
Virginia meets at the White Sulphur
Springs on July 10, 1G and II. The as
ISOLATION usually meets in May, but this
year the meeting was postponed until
July, owing TO the fact that the associa-
ton was invited to White Sulphur as
the guests Of the manager of the hotel
there. So they waited for the season
there 10 open.
Last Sunday afternoon Lolly Robin
son, colore shot and killed Charles
Williams. colored, at CapertOn. The
trouble grew out of Williams intimacy
with Robinson'S wife. Robinson es
capped, but later surrendered to officers,
and was taken by mob of blacks and
whites and lynched. Robinson's wife.
whom the mob sought, took to the
mountains and escaped the fate of her
paramOur.
A sad suicide is reported from Park
ersburg A man named Lavelle, father
of the young Lavelle recently convicted
of stealing from the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Pittsburg, drowned himself in
the Ohio river. His mind has been
slightly unbalanced for some time.
His grief at the action of his son was
so great that he couldn't control HIM
self. His body was found ten feet from
shore in a shallow spot. The act was
deliberate.
At Wheeling Tuesday morning about
two dozen employees of the Crescent
Iron Works seized a fellow workman
named VIM. Flooding, and attaching a
rope to a travelling crane in the mill,
swung him up to it us Il punishment for
whipping his wife. 1t was intended to
so arrange the rope as not to choke
Flooding badly, but the knot slipped
around under one ear, and he had rather
narrow squeeze for his life before be-
ing cut off.
A peculiar and almost unparalleled imci-
dent occurred at the Hospital for the
Insane at Weston last week. a patient
in one of the female wards, who has
not spoken a word for five years, just
| after returning from a walk in charge OF
an attendant, suddenly became uncon-
comfortable and seized her attendant by
the arm biting her and inficting a severe
wound. 1t required several stout men
to subdue her. At the same time she re-
covered her speech and began vigorous
ly to abuse those around her.
A shooting ARRAY occurred last FRI
day evening at Clarksburg, in which
Lee Vance, editor Of the ClarHsburg
NewS, shot w. F. Richards, editor Of
Clarksburg Telegram and the mayor of
this city. One ball struck Richards in
the mouth, and, glancing off, struck his
shoulder blade, without doing any seri-
Gus damage, but the second shot passed
nearly through his right arm, the ball
being extracted by DR.. Morgan. He
walked home after the shooting. Vance
was arrested by Captain Smith, the
town sergeant, and taken to Jail. Vance
gave bail for 81 900 for his appear.
ance at court, his bondsmen being j. Il.
Farland, Geo. Bastable and Jno. Bas-
set. The trouble, it appears, grew out
of publication in Richards paper in
reference to Vance.